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Temperature to soar to 104 in Las Vegas

Slight chance of thunderstorms today, Sunday in higher terrains

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Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 | 7:09 a.m.

If you've got outdoor activities planned today, pack up the ice and the sunscreen.

The National Weather Service is predicting hot weather this afternoon for the Las Vegas Valley, with temperatures soaring up to 104 degrees during the warmest part of the day.

That's nine degrees higher than the normal temperature for this date of 95 degrees, and just a few degrees shy of the record high of 108 degrees set in 1948.

If you're headed to the surrounding mountains today, watch out for thunderstorms.

The weather service said a weak disturbance moving through central California into northern Nevada will combine with an increase in mid-level moisture to produce a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening over higher terrain, mainly in the Sierra and in Mohave County in Arizona.

Overnight, temperatures will drop off to a low of about 81 degrees. Then temperatures climb Sunday to a high of near 98 degrees, with winds picking up and gusts as high as 24 mph, forecasters said.

The weather service said a second disturbance approaching the area will bring higher winds, along with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms across Mohave County in Arizona and eastern Lincoln County in Nevada.

That disturbance will move through California into Nevada Monday, bringing a chance of thunderstorms to the southern Great Basin, Mohave County and the mountains in Clark County, the weather service said.

Temperatures will fall to near-normal conditions by Monday, with the high reaching about 95 degrees, forecasters said.

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